A woman was driving drunk in a minivan with three children when she allegedly struck a 70-year-old man who was selling newspapers near Guadalupe Street and North Jarvis Avenue on Sunday, according to Laredo police.

Maria Dolores Rosas Salazar, 40, was charged with one count of intoxicated assault and three counts of driving while intoxicated with child younger than 15 years old. She remained held at the Webb County Jail as of Monday evening.

Authorities said they responded to the auto-pedestrian crash at 7:30 a.m. in the in the 2300 block of Guadalupe.

EMS personnel encountered a man with possible fractures to his legs and minor lacerations to other parts of his body, authorities said. They took him to Laredo Medical Center for care.

A witness traveling west on Guadalupe behind the suspect vehicle, a gray Toyota Sienna, stated the minivan veered off the roadway, jumped the curb and struck the man, who was standing on top of the corner sidewalk selling newspapers at the time of the impact, according to police.

The man's wife stated she was standing a block away when she saw the minivan hit her husband, authorities said.

While interviewing Rosas, police said they noticed she had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol. A field sobriety test revealed she had clear signs of possible intoxication, authorities said.